Posts Tagged ‘China’

A somber commemoration occurred in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 14. While it received minimal international coverage, the event commemorated should cause both the U.S. and the democratic nations of Southeast Asia serious concerns as China continues its militarized island-building campaign in the South China Sea. While occurring 28 years ago, the incident is most telling

In a rare exercise of foreign policy backbone, President Obama exhibited Reaganesque-like leadership against China last month—or did he? China has been building bases upon its manmade islands in the South China Sea—making a 12-mile radius territorial water claim. To protest this, President Obama dispatched a Navy warship to navigate through China’s declared territorial waters, performing the internationally recognized

By James Zumwalt, Special for USDR It is one of the most flagrant atrocities in modern times. The perpetrator did not report it but, surprisingly, neither did the victim. On June 2012, a video of the incident was released. It was done so, by the perpetrator, raising the question as to why. It was March 1988; the

HERNDON, Va., Jan. 7 (UPI) — Those responsible for the Dec. 28 and 29 terrorist attacks on a railway station and trolley bus in Volgograd, Russia, have yet to step forward — although their identity will come as no surprise. Once identified, China will need a 36-year plan to deal with a growing threat which,

Published in Family Security Matters March 14, 2011 There are common elements involved in how totalitarian regimes succeed in maintaining control over their people. For example, such regimes prohibit or severely restrict the existence of opposition parties. Therefore, in places like the late Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, it was no wonder sham elections often won him a

Published in Human Events November 4, 2010 Almost halfway through his term, President Obama’s trip to India this week will be most revealing as to what he has learned from his foreign policy failures to date. During his presidential campaign, Obama made clear his willingness to sit down with world leaders who have interests contrary

Published in Human Events June 3, 2010. SUMMARY: South Korea is sending China the wrong signals following North Korea’s sinking of the warship Cheonan. The photograph of an emotional mother kneeling at the grave of her Navy son underscored the sacrifices this past Memorial Day weekend made by those in uniform. While the photograph was